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Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 903

Finlayson, Mann, Mogul, Theimer
Stanford University
June 1984

### A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol

Ross Finlayson, Timothy Mann, Jeffrey Mogul, Marvin Theimer
Computer Science Department
Stanford University
June 1984

#### Status of this Memo

This RFC suggests a method for workstations to dynamically find their protocol address (e.g., their Internet Address), when they know only their hardware address (e.g., their attached physical network address).

This RFC specifies a proposed protocol for the ARPA Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.

#### Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II. Design Considerations
III. The Proposed Protocol
IV. References
Appendix A. Two Example Implementations for 4.2BSD Unix

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